Brand new Lyra Delos - skewed cantilever

@anthos314 , couple of things to consider, I am a Delos user for several years.

• The LP may be damaged and the Delos is simply picking that up since it may be digging deeper than the previous cart was able to.
• Make hyper sure that azimuth is as perfect as can be, the Delos will perform at a very high level once you achieve this, as well tracking will be positively affected. I use a FozMeter to do this, NEVER my ears as the adjustments are so minute you need to do it electrically.
• Regarding loading, do what JCarr states and that is make sure you are using the lowest cap cable you can get so you can load higher at the phono stage. I went from night and day performance originally using a very high cap cable (550pf) and loading at 121ohms on my Musical Surroundings Nova II. The sound was fine, I honestly thought is was really good!. Then I read an amazing thread on WBA forum that JCarr contributed to and I purchased a phono cable with 70pf/mt and set loading at 475 ohms (per the Delos instructions) and holy smokes!!! The seas parted, my jaw dropped....more resolution than I could imagine and the dynamics were insane, still are. The low end shakes my bones.....
• To extract the most from what the Delos can do requires patience and virtually perfect setup. The New Angle design means the top of the cart must be 100% parallel with the surface for magnet/coil alignment. If you do what Lyra suggests you will be rewarded with amazing reproduction.

Enjoy!

@anthos314 , Back off on your antiskating to 1.25 and see how it goes. 

@mijostyn , shouldn't the antiskate be increased if I want to avoid jumps forward? 

On what part of the record does the stylus skip? If it skips towards the lead out groove, then I would try a slightly higher anti skate ( this was happening on my Kleos on a few pressings, the fix was to increase very slightly the anti-skate). Remember, the Lyra’s do not track at a high VTF, as such they are probably a tad prone to anti skate issues.

BTW, just because the stylus skipped on the record does not mean it has damaged the groove, it is possible, but not always. You should listen again once the anti-skate is dialed in correctly.

I am sorry you are having so many issues that are no doubt diminishing your enjoyment of analog playback, but a record player should not have to be set up with NASA-level precision to perform reasonably well. Something is wrong and I suggest you call your dealer and have them straighten it out for you. Records should be playable with any in-the-ballpark turntable setup.